Near one of these Soviet flight testing bases, Air Force Major Arkadiy Yegorov who had been testing military supersonic aircrafts in the early 70's reported approaching a shiny oval-shaped object once, "resembling a controlled ship". The attempt was almost successful and the Major succeeded in seeing the face of the alien "navigator", which he described as very pale as if made out of wax and not belonging to a "live human being". But suddenly the Major suffered an attack of nausea and weakness, his legs and hands were paralyzed and he landed his experimental fighter with difficulty. He never reported this encounter to his superiors, afraid to loose his job and of being thrown into a mental hospital, like some other Soviet military personnel who had dared to report such encounters.

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